[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 102 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D813-D815]
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                                              Monday, July 25, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8767-S8896
Measures Introduced: Three bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1477-1479, and S. Res. 207-210.
  Page S8826
Measures Reported:
  S. 1420, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to medical device user fees, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-107)
Page S8826
Measures Passed:
  Americans with Disabilities Act Commemoration: By a unanimous vote of 
87 yeas (Vote No. 201), Senate agreed to S. Res. 207, recognizing and 
honoring the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990.
  Pages S8767-72, S8803-05
  Egypt Bombings: Senate agreed to S. Res. 210, expressing sympathy for 
the people of Egypt in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks of 
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt on July 23, 2005.
  Page S8896
Department of Defense Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                            Pages S8772-S8803, S8806-22
Withdrawn:
  Inhofe/Collins Amendment No. 1312, to express the sense of Congress 
that the President should take immediate steps to establish a plan to 
implement the recommendations of the 2004 Report to Congress of the 
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. 
                                                     Pages S8772, S8785
Pending:
  Frist Modified Amendment No. 1342, to support certain youth 
organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of 
America.
Page S8772
  Inhofe Amendment No. 1311, to protect the economic and energy 
security of the United States.
Page S8772
  Inhofe/Kyl Amendment No. 1313, to require an annual report on the use 
of United States funds with respect to the activities and management of 
the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Pages S8772, S8783
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 1351, to stop corporations from financing 
terrorism.
Page S8772
  Ensign Amendment No. 1374, to require a report on the use of riot 
control agents.
Page S8772
  Ensign Amendment No. 1375, to require a report on the costs incurred 
by the Department of Defense in implementing or supporting resolutions 
of the United Nations Security Council.
Page S8772
  Collins Amendment No. 1377 (to Amendment No. 1351), to ensure that 
certain persons do not evade or avoid the prohibition imposed under the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Page S8772
  Durbin Amendment No. 1379, to require certain dietary supplement 
manufacturers to report certain serious adverse events.
Page S8772
  Hutchison/Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 1357, to express the sense of the 
Senate with regard to manned space flight.
Page S8772
  Thune Amendment No. 1389, to postpone the 2005 round of defense base 
closure and realignment.
Page S8772
  Kennedy Amendment No. 1415, to transfer funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration for weapons activities and available for the 
Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator to the Army National Guard, Washington, 
District of Columbia, chapter.
Page S8772
  Allard/McConnell Amendment No. 1418, to require life cycle cost 
estimates for the destruction of lethal chemical munitions under the 
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.
Page S8772

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  Allard/Salazar Amendment No. 1419, to authorize a program to provide 
health, medical, and life insurance benefits to workers at the Rocky 
Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, who would otherwise fail 
to qualify for such benefits because of an early physical completion 
date.
Pages S8772, S8786
  Dorgan Amendment No. 1426, to express the sense of the Senate on the 
declassification and release to the public of certain portions of the 
Report of the Joint Inquiry into the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 
2001, and to urge the President to release information regarding 
sources of foreign support for the hijackers involved in the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001.
Pages S8772, S8785-86
  Dorgan Amendment No. 1429, to establish a special committee of the 
Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to 
conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on 
terrorism.
Pages S8772, S8785
  Salazar Amendment No. 1421, to rename the death gratuity payable for 
deaths of members of the Armed Forces as fallen hero compensation. 
                                                             Page S8772
  Salazar Amendment No. 1422, to provide that certain local educational 
agencies shall be eligible to receive a fiscal year 2005 payment under 
section 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965.
Page S8772
  Salazar/Reed Amendment No. 1423, to provide for Department of Defense 
support of certain Paralympic sporting events.
Page S8772
  Collins (for Thune) Amendment No. 1489, to postpone the 2005 round of 
defense base closure and realignment.
Page S8773
  Collins (for Thune) Amendment No. 1490, to require the Secretary of 
the Air Force to develop and implement a national space radar system 
capable of employing at least two frequencies.
Page S8773
  Collins (for Thune) Amendment No. 1491, to prevent retaliation 
against a member of the Armed Forces for providing testimony about the 
military value of a military installation.
Page S8773
  Reed (for Levin) Amendment No. 1492, to make available, with an 
offset, an additional $50,000,000, for Operation and Maintenance for 
Cooperative Threat Reduction.
Pages S8774-78, S8788-89
  Hatch Amendment No. 1516, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the investment of funds as called for in the Depot 
Maintenance Strategy and Master Plan of the Air Force.
Pages S8778-80
  Inhofe Amendment No. 1476, to express the sense of Congress that the 
President should take immediate steps to establish a plan to implement 
the recommendations of the 2004 Report to Congress of the United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Pages S8783-85
  Allard Amendment No. 1383, to establish a program for the management 
of post-project completion retirement benefits for employees at 
Department of Energy project completion sites.
Pages S8786-88
  Allard/Salazar Amendment No. 1506, to authorize the Secretary of 
Energy to purchase certain essential mineral rights and resolve natural 
resource damage liability claims.
Page S8789
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 1557, to provide for uniform standards 
for the interrogation of persons under the detention of the Department 
of Defense.
Pages S8789-92, S8793-97, S8798-S8801
  Warner Amendment No. 1566, to provide for uniform standards and 
procedures for the interrogation of persons under the detention of the 
Department of Defense.
Pages S8792-93
  McCain Modified Amendment No. 1556, to prohibit cruel, inhuman, or 
degrading treatment or punishment of persons under the custody or 
control of the United States Government.
Pages S8797-98
  Stabenow/Johnson Amendment No. 1435, to ensure that future funding 
for health care for veterans takes into account changes in population 
and inflation.
Page S8801
  Murray Amendment No. 1348, to amend the assistance to local 
educational agencies with significant enrollment changes in military 
dependent students due to force structure changes, troop relocations, 
creation of new units, and realignment under BRAC.
Pages S8801-02
  Murray Amendment No. 1349, to facilitate the availability of child 
care for the children of members of the Armed Forces on active duty in 
connection with Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom 
and to assist school districts serving large numbers or percentages of 
military dependent children affected by the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, 
or by other Department of Defense personnel decisions.
Pages S8802-03
  Levin Amendment No. 1494, to establish a national commission on 
policies and practices on the treatment of detainees since September 
11, 2001.
Page S8803
  Hutchison Amendment No. 1477, to make oral and maxillofacial surgeons 
eligible for special pay for Reserve health professionals in critically 
short wartime specialties.
Pages S8806-10
  Graham/McCain Modified Amendment No. 1505, to authorize the President 
to utilize the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and Annual Review 
Board to determine the status of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba.
Pages S8810-13
  Nelson (FL) Amendment No. 762, to repeal the requirement for the 
reduction of certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of 
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and indemnity compensation and to modify the effective date for paid-up 
coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Pages S8813-15
  Durbin Amendment No. 1428, to authorize the Secretary of the Air 
Force to enter into agreements with St. Clair County, Illinois, for the 
purpose of constructing joint administrative and operations structures 
at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Page S8815
  Durbin Amendment No. 1571, to ensure that a Federal employee who 
takes leave without pay in order to perform service as a member of the 
uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall continue to 
receive pay in an amount which, when taken together with the pay and 
allowances such individual is receiving for such service, will be no 
less than the basic pay such individual would then be receiving if no 
interruption in employment had occurred.
Pages S8815-17
  Levin Amendment No. 1496, to prohibit the use of funds for 
normalizing relations with Libya pending resolution with Libya of 
certain claims relating to the bombing of the LaBelle Discotheque in 
Berlin, Germany.
Page S8817
  Levin Amendment No. 1497, to establish limitations on excess charges 
under time-and-materials contracts and labor-hour contracts of the 
Department of Defense.
Pages S8817-21
  Levin (for Harkin/Dorgan) Amendment No. 1425, relating to the 
American Forces Network.
Pages S8821-22
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, July 26, 2005; 
provided further, that the filing deadline for second-degree amendments 
be at 11 a.m.
Page S8896
Appointment:
  U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, upon the recommendation of the 
Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-292, as amended by Public 
Law 106-55, and as further amended by Public Law 107-228, appointed the 
following individual to the United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom: Dr. Richard D. Land of Tennessee, for a term of two 
years (July 25, 2005-July 24, 2007).
  Page S8896
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Darlene F. Williams, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development for a term of two years.
  C. Boyden Gray, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador.
  Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to Israel.
  Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire to be Ambassador to 
the Arab Republic of Egypt.
  Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term 
expiring December 27, 2012.
Page S8896
Messages From the House:
  Page S8824
Measures Referred:
  Page S8824
Executive Communications:
  Pages S8824-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8826-28
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S8828-33
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8823-24
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8833-95
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S8895
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--201) 
                                                             Page S8805
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1:01 p.m., and adjourned at 8:25 p.m. 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, July 26, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8896.)